Snow is Coming

Snow is ComingSnow is Coming
(Photo by Jonathan Lund)
We woke up to rain and more fog this morning. Not the ice, and sleet that would turn to snow, that they predicted for us to have this morning. But, let me tell you we WILL have a "White New Year".

A friend and I were planning to drive together to Moose Lake this afternoon for a retirement party for a friend there. I talked with her at 12:30 to check the weather, it was still raining, no snow or ice, the temp was 36. We checked the weather on line, Moose Lake is about 45 minutes south of the western part of Duluth, and we looked at the weather on line and it didn’t look like snow there. She would drive, I met her at 40th Avenue West’s Perkins parking lot. We commented that if the rain that was falling would be snow, we’d have a pile of it! The party was slated to start at 2, so we thought if the rain turned to snow down there, we would only have to deal with it coming home, and we wouldn’t stay long. Barely 10 minutes from Proctor, the rain turned to snow, very fast, we couldn’t believe how fast, and within minutes the ground was white and the road was slippery. We both agreed we didn’t want to drive in this weather if it wasn’t necessary, and since we were barely out of town, we turned off on Midway Road and headed back to town. It looked like the snow was coming up from the south and heading our way. When we reached Duluth, it was rain again. However, as I headed over the hill toward Woodland everything was white, it had turned to snow up here earlier, and the ground was white. That was an hour ago, it is still coming down fast and furious, and I’ll bet by now, it’s turned to snow downtown too.

We are disappointed we couldn’t be there to celebrate with Romelle. She sold her cafe there that she and her husband owned for many, many years, and when she was widowed years ago, she continued to run it. Unless you personally know someone who runs a café or restaurant, I don’t think we fully understand how hard they work, and how much of their life they put in to their business. The town and her friends will miss Romelle at the café, but she is looking forward to not working 7 days a week, long hours. The café was open 364 days a year, only closed on Christmas Day. She will be spending her retirement with her son and family in warmer weather and looking forward to the family time. We wish Romelle the best retirement ever, she is a wonderful person who deserves this time of relaxing. I will miss her, and I will miss her wonderful hot roast beef sandwiches!
Happy retirement Romelle!